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Volume 281, Issue 4: August 23rd, 2021 — August 29th, 2021
Each week I select 60-90 items from mainstream IT publications and publish them on the website for “IT News and Events. I track the most popular articles and use those articles as the basis of my “IT Newsletter As A Service.”
These are are most popular articles of this week’s issue.
The Cloud Security Alliance (CSA), the world’s leading organization dedicated to defining standards, certifications, and best practices to help ensure a secure cloud computing environment, announced the inaugural members of the CSA CxO Trust Advisory Council
Enterprise risk management done correctly can mitigate different types or levels of risk. Depending on the industry and group, risk management should address the organization’s business needs and respond to any risk event
The latest subject in our CIO career series is Kirsten Garen, CIO of CDK Global. Garen joined the $1.7B auto dealership technology provider in November 2020.
Think back to a year ago: The pandemic hit, normal daily life came to a jarring halt and businesses everywhere rushed to transition to remote / hybrid workplace models for survival.
Wi-Fi 6E is the most secure wireless standard ever, but making the wrong implementation decisions or not understanding its risks will negate that advantage
The latest revisions of the SNIA Computational Storage Architecture and Programming Model Version 0.8 Revision 0 and the Computational Storage API v0.5 rev 0 are now live on the SNIA website
NVMe arrays are the highest performance storage solutions available, offering a massive speed boost for enterprises willing to make the investment. Here’s how to select the right NVMe solution for you.
QLC flash memory is best for most read-intensive workloads, while TLC is suited to write-dominant workloads. Discover how QLC vs. TLC NAND are coexisting in the data center.
IT teams in search of a distributed file system that supports object storage must carefully map out their requirements — and remember that no two products are exactly alike
As cloud adoption surges in popularity, it’s important that your cloud team is well equipped to handle their next project. However, there are mistakes that can derail a project
The discipline of predictive analytics is likely to increase in importance as it is complemented by artificial intelligence. NHS and National Express case studies prove the point
In this special guest feature, Aparna Dhinakaran, Chief Product Officer at Arize AI, explains five of the biggest misconceptions surrounding machine learning observability. Arize AI is a startup focused on ML Observability. Aparna was previously an ML engineer at Uber, Apple, and Tubemogul (acquired by Adobe).
Boston Dynamics is known for the flashy videos of its robots doing impressive feats. Among Boston Dynamics’ creations is Atlas, a humanoid robot that has become popular for showing unrivaled ability in jumping over obstacles, doing backflips, and dancing
Data Center World keynote: It’s still early days for quantum computing, where the fundamental technology remains unsettled, and the nature of workloads is fuzzy.
IT jobs deal with technical procedures or software that requires a specialty, so becoming certified in a specialized area demonstrates to employers that you have the distinct skill set needed to succeed in that role
Decentralized storage technology can be confusing and complicated. These best practices, however, can help with implementation in enterprise IT infrastructure
Agile project management has grown in popularity for software development teams globally, but also for other businesses that balance multiple projects and deadlines.
While most of the world is full of good-intentioned, trustworthy people, there is a huge number of bad actors out there that want to take down your systems and get their hands on your hard-earned money or data. That’s why next-generation firewalls are an important part of modern cyber security strategy.
Enterprise resource planning (ERP) has been the backbone of many organizations for decades. ERPs were popular because they offered a centralized back-end to manage and view vital business information in one place
Each week I select 60-90 items from mainstream IT publications and publish them on the website for “IT News and Events.”
I also select press releases from various mainstream IT vendors and certain blog articles. In this issue the vendors are: Tintri Oracle, Microsoft, Lenovo, IBM, Dell EMC, Veeam, Red Hat, Fortinet, Citrix, HP, Nutanix, HPE, NVIDIA -, Centrify, SuperMicro, VMware, and Recorded Future.
New Head of Global Marketing and Inside Sales Drives New Programs that Bolster Channel, Spotlight Tintri Innovative Technology and Honor Customers [Tintri News, September 22nd, 2020]
Oracle Cloud with Rescale gives engineers, scientists, and innovators an easy way to take advantage of fast bare metal computing with RDMA networking [Oracle News, September 22nd, 2020]
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure provides Altair with bare metal, HPC, and RDMA networking features to help develop products faster at lower costs [Oracle News, September 22nd, 2020]
Best-in-class HPC cloud combines price-performance of on-premises with flexibility of cloud; Developers and data scientists can boost AI, data science, HPC, and machine learning performance by 2.5-6x, at lowest cost [Oracle News, September 22nd, 2020]
What if your thermometer only gave you a reading two days after you took it? Or your car’s gas gauge showed the fuel level from a week earlier? [Oracle News, September 23rd, 2020]
A new solution built on AT&T’s global cellular network and Microsoft Azure Sphere will enable secured and effortless deployment of the IoT worldwide [Microsoft News, September 22nd, 2020]
Both companies will expand their deep existing technology collaboration to create and deliver new solutions to help customers, suppliers and other businesses lower emissions [Microsoft News, September 22nd, 2020]
Companies collaborate on one of Australia’s largest digital twin, emissions reduction initiatives, and drive transformative operational models [Microsoft News, September 24th, 2020]
Iconic games portfolio, publishing expertise, and world-class talent accelerates growth in Microsoft’s Gaming business [Microsoft News, September 21st, 2020]
Lenovo announced a global expansion of its Linux portfolio, extending its certification program that was announced in June to include PCs preinstalled with Canonical’s Ubuntu LTS operating system [Lenovo News, September 23rd, 2020]
The International Stevie Awards recently named Lenovo the winner of a Silver Stevie Award in the Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year – More Than 2,500 Employees’ category in the 17th annual awards [Lenovo News, September 23rd, 2020]
Global, Third-Party Logistics Provider Integrates Store and Online Fulfillment with Warehousing and Transportation Services to Help Optimize Demand Management [IBM News, September 21st, 2020]
IBM announced the release of a new version of its Financial Transaction Manager (FTM) solution, updated and containerized to run on Red Hat OpenShift and designed to help banks and financial institutions take advantage of the flexibility of hybrid cloud [IBM News, September 23rd, 2020]
When it comes to training and inference workloads for machine learning models, performance is king. Faster system performance equates to faster time to results. But how do you objectively measure system ML training and inference performance? In a word, look to MLPerf. [Dell EMC News, September 23rd, 2020]
Many customers I talk to have gotten a lot of value out of Red Hat Insights, which allows Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) customers to proactively identify and remediate risks in their RHEL environments [Red Hat News, September 23rd, 2020]
The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat blog post with 5 of the week’s top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye… [Red Hat News, September 25th, 2020]
Interning at Red Hat has been one of the most challenging summers of my life, but it’s been well worth it. Being an engineering intern working on Red Hat OpenShift’s GitOps workflow has forced me to grow and learn more than ever before [Red Hat News, September 24th, 2020]
The impact of COVID-19 on the jobs market has been substantial, but we know that enterprises are still looking for qualified IT professionals [Red Hat News, September 23rd, 2020]
Nothing is more important than community – so we created a space for all of us. Meet the Red Hat pop-up experience [Red Hat News, September 22nd, 2020]
During Climate Week, HP continues to showcase its commitment to a low-carbon, circular economy through protecting, restoring, and promoting sustainable forests while setting goals and intentions to reduce consumption in operations over the next 5 years [HP News, September 22nd, 2020]
As school districts across the United States booted up for distance learning, endpoint security became a top priority [Fortinet News, September 23rd, 2020]
SD-WAN solutions have become increasingly popular as organizations demand fast, scalable, and flexible connectivity to and between different network environments [Fortinet News, September 24th, 2020]
Compared to other significant IT issues, election security poses unique challenges given the importance of public confidence in electoral integrity [Fortinet News, September 22nd, 2020]
New technology powered by flexible work models will cause companies to rethink workforce strategies; AI-augmented employees will be more engaged, twice as productive, and more innovative [Citrix News, September 21st, 2020]
Business has changed in profound ways over the last decade – and perhaps more so in the last six months than at any time in history. Nowhere is this more evident than in how we work. [Citrix News, September 25th, 2020]
COVID-19 has sent waves of change throughout the medical industry. Around the world, in various areas of medicine and technology, organizations have had to adapt quickly to keep up with this new normal [Citrix News, September 23rd, 2020]
Here at Citrix, we’ve been keeping a close eye on the betas of the new macOS, Big Sur, and I know many of you have been, too [Citrix News, September 24th, 2020]
World hunger has only worsened in light of the global COVID-19 pandemic. To fully understand the situation today, CGIAR needs to generate a timely picture of what is happening in ‘food basket’ locations – or areas of significant food production – around the world [HPE News, September 24th, 2020]
With the addition of Silver Peak’s SD-portfolio, HPE can accelerate the delivery of a true distributed cloud model and cloud experience for all apps and data wherever they live. Aruba and Silver Peak share a common vision and goal to provide simplicity, scalability, and application-awareness at the edge. [HPE News, September 21st, 2020]
A new supercomputer under construction is designed to tackle some of the planet’s toughest life sciences challenges by speedily crunching vast quantities of environmental data [NVIDIA News, September 25th, 2020]
Jeff Herbst is a fixture of the AI startup ecosystem. Which makes sense since he’s the VP of business development at NVIDIA and head of NVIDIA Inception, a virtual accelerator that currently has over 6,000 members in a wide range of industries [NVIDIA News, September 24th, 2020]
1U System Is Ideal for 5G Workloads, AI, AR/VR, and Offers Industry’s Broadest Portfolio of GPU Servers for Optimized Compute Workloads [Supermicro News, September 23rd, 2020]
VMware, Inc. announced the General Session keynote speakers and the conference sponsorships for VMworld 2020. Beginning Sept. 29, 2020, VMworld 2020 will welcome attendees to experience the completely digital [VMware News, September 22nd, 2020]
Microcontrollers offer advantages over other processors for IoT deployments, including efficient energy use. Understand the market and criteria for microcontroller selection [IoT Agenda, September 23rd, 2020]
All-new Intel Atom e6000E and 11th Generation Intel Core processors aimed at AI, IoT and industrial uses were launched Sept. 23 at the company’s Intel Industrial Summit 2020 virtual event [EnterpriseAI, September 23rd, 2020]
An open source Internet of Things database effort has been elevated as a ‘top-level project’ by the Apache Software Foundation [datanami, September 25th, 2020]
IoT gateways are becoming an increasingly important link in the IoT security and device authentication value chain and emerging as a crucial conduit for intelligent operations across the entire IoT [HelpNet Security, September 24th, 2020]
Lenovo announced a global expansion of its Linux portfolio, extending its certification program that was announced in June to include PCs preinstalled with Canonical’s Ubuntu LTS operating system [Lenovo News, September 23rd, 2020]
A recently released standard for linear tape – open-LTO-9 – sets the scene for faster drives with more capacity, but are they a must-have? [Networkworld, September 22nd, 2020]
The ninth generation of LTO technology surpasses the per-cartridge capacity of LTO-8 by 50 percent to 18TB native, and advances full height LTO-9 drive performance by 15 percent to 400 MB/s native [HPCWire, September 24th, 2020]
Long-term archiving and offline data protection are two key uses for LTO-9, the latest generation of tapes from the LTO Program. The roadmap extends to LTO-12 [SearchDataBackup, September 24th, 2020]
Enterprises are evaluating 5G and its effect on their operations. Before they can start reaping the benefits from the standard, they will have to carefully consider these 5G pros and cons [SearchNetworking, September 22nd, 2020]
Before an organization’s VPN is up and running, IT teams must address four important aspects of VPN maintenance and management to keep abreast of transforming security concerns [SearchNetworking, September 23rd, 2020]
It’s no secret that salespeople often spend more time searching for prospects and doing administrative work (like data entry) than selling [Business 2 Community, September 25th, 2020]
DCIM tools can improve data center management and operation. Learn how six prominent products can help organizations control costs, manage energy and track assets [SearchDataCenter, September 24th, 2020]
During the summer months, most people spend time figuring out the most efficient — and cost-friendly — way to cool their living space [SearchDataCenter, September 24th, 2020]
Ransomware threatens to put your data beyond reach, so the best way to prepare is to have good-quality data you can restore from backup. We look at the key things to consider [ComputerWeekly, September 24th, 2020]
Commvault, Veritas, Cohesity, Clumio and Rubrik are certified as AWS Outposts Ready, ensuring their data protection products are supported on the Amazon-owned on-premises platform [SearchDataBackup, September 23rd, 2020]
The best data is the data that people actually use. Make sure the end user knows how to use the data tools for the best business results [TechRepublic, September 24th, 2020]
When comparing data lake vs. data warehouse, it’s important to know that these two things actually serve quite different roles. They manage data differently and serve their own types of functions [SmartDataCollective, September 23rd, 2020]
Continuous integration (CI) is the practice of merging all the software code changes and updates into a shared central repository/mainline [Business 2 Community, September 22nd, 2020]
Now that JavaFX 15 has been released, let’s take a look at some of the newest features. We spoke with Java Champion and Gluon co-founder Johan Vos to learn all about the latest JavaFX release, what to look forward to in JavaFX 16, and why JavaFX has a competitive edge [Jaxenter, September 21st, 2020]
Your DR plan may be unprepared for a pandemic, and while mid-pandemic is not the ideal time to be discovering issues, you should use this time to make changes [SearchDisasterRecovery, September 23rd, 2020]
People still think of open-source software as general programs for general problems. And, it is, but it’s also become vital for vertical markets and companies as well [ZDNet, September 24th, 2020]
The perception of legacy enterprise business intelligence (BI) platforms comes with some legitimate stigma and baggage [Forrester, September 22nd, 2020]
Many employees do not feel fully included at work and want their organizations to do more to advance inclusion and diversity – McKinsey & Company [PeopleTek News, September 22nd, 2020]
Paul Brook, pre-sales manager for data centric workloads at Dell Technologies, discusses the impacts high-performance computing (HPC) and AI advances have on business [InformationAge, September 21st, 2020]
While brands have dabbled in augmented reality (AR) for years, 2020 marks the tipping point where it’s becoming an integral part of marketing strategy, helping create meaningful and emotional consumer connections [AiTHORITY, September 22nd, 2020]
AI is often touted as the way of the future for enterprises in all industries – but ensuring that the return on investment (ROI) from an AI implementation actually comes to fruition can often be a trickier thing [datanami, September 24th, 2020]
These top machine learning companies leverage AI, automation and advanced analytics to provide the most sophisticated machine learning platforms available today [Datamation, September 22nd, 2020]
COVID-19 has had profound effects on the global economy. While some industries took a hard hit, others found new opportunities — such as machine learning [InformationWeek, September 21st, 2020]
Robotic process automation (RPA) revenues will reach $1.9 billion in 2021, up 19.5% from 2020, according to Gartner projections [CIODIVE, September 21st, 2020]
Robots have shown themselves to excel at any number of sports and activities, though they do best when they have a single task [TechCrunch, September 23rd, 2020]
If you reduce systems down to their bare essentials, everything exists in those systems to manipulate data in memory, and like human beings, all that really exists for any of us is what is in memory [TheNextPlatform, September 23rd, 2020]
Glass could become a vital component in the world’s first petabyte hard drive in order to satiate humanity’s thirst for data storage [techradar.pro, September 22nd, 2020]
Professionals report that working from home has reduced internal and external networking opportunities and harmed their career progress, according to a new survey [TechRepublic, September 21st, 2020]
A reader wants to hear from the hiring manager, not from a recruiter, in the September 22, 2020 Ask The Headhunter Newsletter. [Ask The Headhunter, September 21st, 2020]
We often talk about how technology needs to be agile, but the events of 2020 have demonstrated that so does humanity. The coronavirus pandemic created a massive, rapid pivot to remote working, a change that will have far-reaching implications not just for how we work now, but into the future. [ITBrief, September 25th, 2020]
Healthcare organizations face new obstacles to effectively manage and store their data resources. See how they’re using cloud, hybrid cloud and on-premises storage models [SearchStorage, September 23rd, 2020]
Along with their updated Purple drives, Western Digital has announced two new massive HDD releases, the WD Red Pro 16TB, and 18TB drives [StorageReview, September 23rd, 2020]
Western Digital (WD) announced additions to its family of WD Purple storage solutions. The new additions consist of an 18TB HDD and a 1TB microSD, both due out later this year [StorageReview, September 23rd, 2020]
It’s not unusual for enterprises to scale their applications to meet demand, but they need to be aware of the associated cloud complexity issues. Look out for these six common problems [SearchCloudComputing, September 23rd, 2020]
Cloud reporting helps admins address capacity issues and reduce outages. Effective tools should include role-based dashboards and track virtual and physical hardware [SearchDataCenter, September 24th, 2020]
As cloud computing has taken off and continues to grow rapidly, companies are motivated to get a handle on potentially runaway costs [aitrends, September 24th, 2020]
Cloud access security broker capabilities – discovery, data loss prevention, threat protection, encryption, logging – should sit between every kind of app a company houses [CIODIVE, September 21st, 2020]
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes when you type a website address in your browser’s search bar? [ITProPortal, September 23rd, 2020]
Work from home isn’t going away anytime soon, and the increased vulnerability means cyber resiliency will continue to be critical to business resiliency [Dark Reading, September 21st, 2020]
Having the right cybersecurity team in place can help reduce how long it takes to control threats. Consider adding cloud security, third-party risk and digital ethics specialists [SearchSecurity, September 24th, 2020]
All organizations need cybersecurity governance programs so that every employee understands and is aware of cybersecurity mitigation efforts to reduce cyber risks [SearchSecurity, September 23rd, 2020]
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published a cybersecurity practice guide enterprises can use to recover from data integrity attacks, i.e., destructive malware and ransomware attacks, malicious insider activity or simply mistakes by employees that have resulted in the modification or destruction of company data (emails, employee records, financial records, and customer data). [HelpNet Security, September 24th, 2020]
The Global Cyber Alliance (GCA) announced the release of an updated version of its Cybersecurity Toolkit for Small Business [HelpNet Security, September 24th, 2020]
Business leaders need to review how they’re handling cybersecurity oversight. Are leaders asking the right questions and understanding how their cybersecurity program currently works? [SearchCIO, September 22nd, 2020]
If an operating model defines how an organization positions people, process, and technology to deliver customer value, then companies with an AI-first operating model are those that prioritize the use of AI to weave more intelligence and automation into the firm’s products, processes, and experiences [CIO, September 21st, 2020]
James Kretchmar, CTO of Akamai, spoke to Information Age about how AI and machine learning impact Internet performance [InformationAge, September 21st, 2020]
Jeff Pollard, VP and principal analyst at Forrester, wants CISOs to discover the type of leader they are – transformational, tactical, steady – and run with it [CIODIVE, September 22nd, 2020]
MIT’s Jeanne Ross discusses why enterprise architecture projects succeed and fail and what companies can do to better align technology with strategic business goals [SearchCIO, September 24th, 2020]
As businesses begin to reprioritize projects put on hold due to the current environment, a top initiative for senior IT leaders is expanding multi-cloud capabilities as a part of broader digital transformation strategies [Business 2 Community, September 22nd, 2020]
The global COVID-19 crisis is a catalyst for change, spurring businesses to continue to invest in technology to support and secure a remote workforce, despite slowing corporate revenue growth resulting from the pandemic, a Spiceworks Ziff Davis study reveals [HelpNet Security, September 21st, 2020]
Julie Berry, IT director at accountancy firm Saffery Champness, describes how her team has enhanced its advisory role to the business, in part through the implementation of a cloud-based document management system [ComputerWeekly, September 21st, 2020]
Looking back with 20:20 hindsight, what would you have done differently? “I would have spoken up a more loudly and a more frequently.” [IDG Connect, September 25th, 2020]
While the COVID-19 outbreak has disrupted the lives and operations of many people and organizations, the pandemic failed to interrupt onslaught of malicious emails targeting people’s inboxes, according to an attack landscape update published by F-Secure [HelpNet Security, September 21st, 2020]
The most important part of negotiating with software vendors is the preparation stage, said Paul McKay, senior analyst at Forrester, while speaking at the virtual Forrester Security and Risk Global 2020 conference Tuesday. CISOs and CIOs need to familiarize themselves with the vendor’s market, pricing dynamics, and work in tandem with procurement [CIODIVE, September 23rd, 2020]
HMG Strategy Executive Leadership Summits deliver world class thought leadership where attendees receive unique insights into best practices and hear success stories involving leadership, management, technology and career development. [Thursday, October 1st, 2020: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM]
BWG Connect invites senior IT managers to participate in a candid, interactive, peer-to-peer, industry discussion. Hear from your peers on the importance of Digital Transformation, strategies being implemented and challenges being faced! [Tuesday, September 29th, 2020: 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM]
Join us Thursday, October 1, at 12:00 pm ET / 9:00 am PT to learn how top CSOs are managing insider risk in the remote era. [Thursday, October 1st, 2020: 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM (EST)]
It’s no secret that Beijing has ambitious plans to reposition itself as the world’s superpower – one of the keys to its success has been its ability to deploy its cyber units to conduct state-endorsed operations. [Wednesday, September 30th, 2020 BST]
BWG Connect invites senior IT managers to participate in a candid, interactive, peer-to-peer, industry discussion. Hear from your peers on the importance of Digital Transformation, strategies being implemented and challenges being faced! [Wednesday, September 30th, 2020: 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM]
Business transparency and trust is more important than ever for CIOs and CISOs to drive competitive advantage, mitigate risk, and ultimately create business value. [Wednesday, September 30th, 2020: 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM]
BWG Connect invites senior IT managers to participate in a candid interactive industry discussion. Hear from your peers about concrete lessons learned & real-world challenges faced during these unprecedented times. [Wednesday, October 14th, 2020: 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM]
Come together with other Global CIOs and CTOs who lead large, multinational organizations at this exclusive virtual summit. Engage in candid discussions, dive deep into critical issues and validate strategies with other enterprise heads of IT and technology on the challenges unique to complex, multinational operations. The Global CIO Executive Summit features topics and speakers determined by your industry peers, ensuring the agenda delivers the most timely and relevant information in a true, peer-to-peer environment. [Thursday, October 29th, 2020: 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM]
Come together with your peers virtually to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Florida CIO Virtual Executive Summit. Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today. [Thursday, October 15th, 2020: 8:00 AM to 1:15 PM PST]
Amid pandemic-related disruption, security has become inseparable from digital transformation. Consider these priorities for building trust with colleagues, customers, and regulators [The Enterprisers Project, September 9th, 2020]
The health insurer insourced its engineering team after a frustrating experience with an MSP and is now reaping the benefits of a more responsive infrastructure [CIO, September 7th, 2020]
Savvy security chiefs are generating returns for their organizations beyond enabling secure business operations. Here’s how they do it [CSO Online, September 7th, 2020]
We need to lean into the lessons – around challenges ranging from training to silos – learned in the first months of the pandemic, in preparing for the next transition [The Enterprisers Project, September 10th, 2020]
Yes, the cloud offers many security advantages over on-premises, especially for smaller organizations, but only if you avoid these mistakes around cloud configuration, monitoring and patching [CSO Online, September 10th, 2020]
The total security appliance market delivered solid unit shipment and revenue growth in the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20), according to IDC [HelpNet Security, September 8th, 2020]
Through centralized log management, organizations can consolidate all log data into one central, data highway and directs logs wherever they need to go [DevOps.com, September 10th, 2020]
Strategy to balance storage costs, data lifecycle management practices, and storage technology priorities with storage performance [StorageNewsletter, September 11th, 2020]
The non-volatile memory express protocol is tailor-made to make SSDs fast. Get up to speed on NVMe performance and how it compares to the SATA and SAS interfaces [SearchStorage, September 11th, 2020]
The size of preserving digital archives is now reaching the order of petascale, exascale and will approach zettascale capacities in the foreseeable future [StorageNewsletter, September 11th, 2020]
Today, we still think of artificial intelligence (AI) as the technology of tomorrow – and that makes me worry that many of us aren’t paying close enough attention to the incredible leaps happening in the field. In truth, AI has already started to transform life – and marketing – as we know it [Business 2 Community, September 9th, 2020]
HCI is more straightforward to manage than legacy alternatives. That means your tech staff can spend less time on mundane chores and focus their attention on more pressing matters [Network Computing, September 11th, 2020]
The appetite for compute capacity, and presumably also for storage and networking capacity, in the datacenter of the world might be waning in some sectors of the economy, but thanks to the voracious hunger of the hyperscalers and cloud builders and more than a few large enterprises that need to do more, not less, computing in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, server sales are now consistently at the levels we saw way back in the Dot-Com Boom more than twenty years ago. [The Next Platform, September 10th, 2020]
Most of us practice some sort of annual-cleaning ritual. We reorganize by cleaning out closets, drawers and garages to bring some order back to our homes and our lives [Business 2 Community, September 9th, 2020]
Certifications can help security pros prove their baseline knowledge of infosec topics. Consider adding these top cloud security certifications to your arsenal [SearchCloudSecurity, September 8th, 2020]
It’s time to fill that vacancy on your team and the pressure is on to find a job candidate who has all the skills and professional experience you need. But can you determine that from just an interview? [Robert Half, September 7th, 2020]
DevOps is challenging, some of its complexity requires a platform that is both SaaS and managed environments, running on top of several cloud providers and potentially on-premises as well. Is there a platform that connects applications and systems while supporting enterprises as they accelerate their digital transformation efforts? [DevOps.com, September 9th, 2020]
Not taking change management seriously is a surefire road to ERP implementation failure. Learn how CIOs and other leaders can do it right and boost the likelihood of success [SearchERP, September 11th, 2020]
When it comes to choosing a DaaS provider, organizations may get overwhelmed by the options. Compare the features and capabilities of 7 major vendors to determine the best fit [SearchVirtualDesktop, September 9th, 2020]
If you’re looking for a system to store your company’s data on-premises or in the cloud, chances are you’ll be considering at least one of these top enterprise database software solutions [ServerWatch, September 10th, 2020]
Each week I select 60-90 items from mainstream IT publications and publish them on the website for “IT News and Events.”
I also select press releases from various mainstream IT vendors and certain blog articles. In this issue the vendors are: DDN, Oracle, Microsoft, Dell EMC, Cisco, RSA, Datacore, Veeam, Red Hat, Nutanix, Recorded Future, Fortinet, IBM, Dell, NVIDIA, Citrix, Lenovo, HP, and VMware.
Over the past few years, customer service organizations have undergone significant changes to meet evolving customer expectations, and the events of this year have understandably accelerated many of those trends [Oracle News, September 17th, 2020]
Java 15 adds new features to improve developer productivity and security, including an Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (JEP 339) and Hidden Classes (JEP 371) [Oracle News, September 15th, 2020]
Pre-built tools automate threat response and quickly and efficiently reduce customers’ cloud security risk at no additional cost [Oracle News, September 14th, 2020]
AI-powered ambient clinical intelligence accelerates the adoption of telehealth workflow solutions to improve patient experiences and health outcomes while reducing physician burnout [Microsoft News, September 15th, 2020]
The companies intend to work together to develop new technology innovations and digital solutions to help meet their sustainability aims, including reducing energy use and carbon emissions [Microsoft News, September 15th, 2020]
Dell Technologies and VMware are dedicated to delivering tightly integrated products that help our customers get the most value out of their IT infrastructure investments, and today is the latest example of that commitment [Dell EMC News, September 15th, 2020]
Members of ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live’s band, Cleto and the Cletones, along with Guillermo, announced a contest to temporarily replace Cisco hold music [Cisco News, September 16th, 2020]
It’s a story you might have seen on the news recently-two young girls, sitting outside of a Taco Bell, trying to access the spot’s free Wi-Fi to complete their homework [Cisco News, September 15th, 2020]
This week we celebrate the start of Hispanic Heritage Month, we learn how Cisco is innovating with the U.S. Open, and we explore the realities of the digital divide across the world. See below to learn all about it and read more stories! [Cisco News, September 17th, 2020]
The banking industry is no stranger to transformation, albeit every institution has its own pace and investment strategy for digital transformation. What cannot be denied however, is that the new normal post-COVID-19 will have an even larger reliance on digital technology while creating a “touchless customer experience.” [Red Hat News, September 18th, 2020]
The Friday Five is a weekly Red Hat blog post with 5 of the week’s top news items and ideas from or about Red Hat and the technology industry. Consider it your weekly digest of things that caught our eye [Red Hat News, September 18th, 2020]
Software development can be a key differentiator for organizations seeking faster and more agile business models, but it’s no secret that the development, sale, and support of software can be costly [Red Hat News, September 16th, 2020]
The final destination of a journey is what usually has the most focus, but it’s also important to understand the steps it took to arrive there. This certainly holds true for learning, especially as you work to achieve something as big as a Red Hat certification. [Red Hat News, September 15th, 2020]
You may have previously kept your podcast listening confined to morning and evening commute hours in the car or on public transportation, but as we’ve progressed through pandemic times, podcast listenership that had initially slumped is on the rise again [Nutanix News, September 17th, 2020]
Every year Nutanix partners have gathered at our Partner Xchange at .NEXT to learn, connect, and experience the future of Enterprise Cloud [Nutanix News, September 17th, 2020]
Industry analysts have characterized threat intelligence as evidence-based, actionable assessments about existing or emerging threats [Recorded Future News, September 15th, 2020]
From lawyers, to marketing agencies, to office supply providers, your organization relies on third parties to keep the business in business. While critical to continued success, every vendor introduces risk to your organization [Recorded Future News, September 16th, 2020]
Vulnerability management is a lot like playing whack-a-mole. Every time you patch one vulnerability, two new ones pop up in its place. And threat actors only need one opportunity to get inside your network and cause devastating harm [Recorded Future News, September 17th, 2020]
As organizations expand their footprints in branches, stores, home offices, and a variety of other locations, they are evolving the way they manage and secure their distributed network infrastructure [Fortinet News, September 17th, 2020]
The expanding digital attack surface is making it increasingly difficult for organizations to proactively manage their network security [Fortinet News, September 16th, 2020]
This is a summary of an article written for DevOps.com by Lior Cohen, Senior Director of Products and Solutions for Cloud Security at Fortinet [Fortinet News, September 15th, 2020]
Quantum Center part of broader HBCU investment, including additional $100M in Skills Academy technology, assets, resources and skills development [IBM News, September 17th, 2020]
Idaho Secretary of State’s Office has adopted IBM Watson Assistant to help nearly 1 million voters ahead of 2020 general elections [IBM News, September 17th, 2020]
AI-Enabled Targeting Solution Combines Weather Intelligence, Location and Point-of-Sale Data to Create Actionable Insights for Marketers [IBM News, September 14th, 2020]
Robot research ship from ProMare and IBM takes to sea; New Mission Portal features Artie – a seven-armed octopus chatbot [IBM News, September 15th, 2020]
Unites NVIDIA’s leadership in artificial intelligence with Arm’s vast computing ecosystem to drive innovation for all customers [NVIDIA News, September 14th, 2020]
Hosting an Arm-based supercomputer, the facility is to serve as a hub for collaboration by AI researchers, scientists and startups across the U.K. and the world [NVIDIA News, September 14th, 2020]
As we mark the one-year anniversary of the launch of Citrix Managed Desktops, we have seen many customers embrace the simplicity and speed that desktops as a service (DaaS) offers their business [Citrix News, September 18th, 2020]
Google Meet hardware Series One room kits from Lenovo deliver easy to deploy turnkey solutions available for small, medium and large meeting rooms [Lenovo News, September 15th, 2020]
Supporting partner business opportunities from virtual selling and growth through digital to the subscription economy, the future of work and education; introduces first partner sustainable impact and racial and gender equality programs [HP News, September 16th, 2020]
Want more diversity, let’s explore mentor and sponsoring more diversely. This video is a direct plea from and calls to action to impact change. Human connection is paramount. Let’s really discuss the issues and opportunities to impact change [Julie Kantor, September 15th, 2020]
I remember the exact day – March 12, 2020. The COVID-19 lockdown had begun in Florida and my business was effectively pushed into a neutral position [Kelly Merbler News, September 15th, 2020]
Encrypted Traffic Inference: An Alternative to Enterprise Network Traffic Decryption Finding threats in encrypted inbound network traffic is complex and expensive for enterprises, but a fascinating new approach could eliminate the need for decryption [Dark Reading, September 15th, 2020]
From technical knowledge to department-building and goal-setting, here’s the skills you need to hone if you want to become a great CTO with a highly effective team [ZDNet, September 17th, 2020]
For project managers and business analysts, effective problem-solving remains an ever-important soft skill that requires you to combine creative thinking and strong analytical skills [Project Smart, September 19th, 2020]
When the unexpected happens, will your critical systems be prepared? Here’s what to consider while building a disaster recovery plan [The Enterprisers Project, September 18th, 2020]
As more organizations face disruptions, a defined approach to recovery is imperative so they can successfully recover, experts say. [Dark Reading, September 15th, 2020]
On the surface it would seem contradictory for one market to rise and another to fall, but there is a pattern here [Networldworld, September 16th, 2020]
Worldwide converged systems market revenue decreased 4.5% year over year to $3.9 billion during the second quarter of 2020 (2Q20) [IDC, September 14th, 2020]
There are lots of options for remote backup. Take the time to evaluate your needs in the age of remote work and construct your backup platform wisely [SearchDataBackup, September 17th, 2020]
Had Hergee been into businesses, this article would have been a point of interest to him. And he could have avoided the Big Data errors in his ‘Tintin’ enterprise [TheNextWeb, September 18th, 2020]
Business leaders today often refer to the growing demand for Big Data as the new oil boom. In truth, right now data may be more valuable than black gold, especially to marketers [Business 2 Community, September 14th, 2020]
Can a do-it-all Data Scientist really be more effective at delivering new value from data? While it might sound exhausting, important efficiencies can exist that might bring better value to the business even faster [Kdnuggets, September 17th, 2020]
Java 15 adds new features to improve developer productivity and security, including an Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (JEP 339) and Hidden Classes (JEP 371) [AiTHORITY, September 16th, 2020]
During a crisis, companies are understandably selective about the tools they use. They don’t want to spend a penny on the tools that don’t pay off. Still, they realize that customer-centricity should be at the core of their business, fostering personalization, and driving loyalty and business growth [Business 2 Community, September 16th, 2020]
AWS and cloud computing changed the way organizations build and run applications. Explore why that happened and see what to expect in the future as more businesses jump on board [SearchCloudComputing, September 15th, 2020]
Never lose sight of the fact that the most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat people – your family, friends, and coworkers, and even strangers you meet along the way – Barbara Bush [Oracle News, September 14th, 2020]
Emerging markets have always been behind developed countries in adopting the latest generation mobile networks, with a few exceptions [HelpNet Security, September 14th, 2020]
Two Factor Authentication, or 2FA, has been around for a while. It usually refers to using an SMS code as an additional step for logging in to your account. However, the term has been being replaced by ‘Multi-Factor Authentication.’ What’s the difference? [Cloud Savvy IT, September 14th, 2020]
In a survey of how federal agencies use the internet of things, the Government Accountability Office found that while IoT technologies offer a number of benefits, security and implementation challenges remain [GCN, September 16th, 2020]
We look at the benefits that tape can bring, including in backup and recovery, long-term and ‘warm’ archiving, compliance and WORM use cases and ‘air gapping’ to protect data [ComputerWeekly, September 17th, 2020]
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